diff --git a/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-builds-detail.json b/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-builds-detail.json
index b2f2af3b67c..7f3b319f6e9 100644
--- a/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-builds-detail.json
+++ b/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-builds-detail.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "urls": {
         "build": "https://readthedocs.org/projects/project/builds/1/",
         "project": "https://readthedocs.org/projects/project/",
-        "version": "https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/project/version/v1.0/"
+        "version": "https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/project/version/v1.0/edit/"
     },
     "project": "project",
     "state": {
diff --git a/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-detail.json b/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-detail.json
index 50182ccb802..65214fecfd7 100644
--- a/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-detail.json
+++ b/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-detail.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                 "urls": {
                     "build": "https://readthedocs.org/projects/project/builds/1/",
                     "project": "https://readthedocs.org/projects/project/",
-                    "version": "https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/project/version/v1.0/"
+                    "version": "https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/project/version/v1.0/edit/"
                 },
                 "project": "project",
                 "state": {
diff --git a/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-versions-builds-list_POST.json b/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-versions-builds-list_POST.json
index cccced2e13e..54801297d7f 100644
--- a/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-versions-builds-list_POST.json
+++ b/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/responses/projects-versions-builds-list_POST.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "urls": {
             "build": "https://readthedocs.org/projects/project/builds/2/",
             "project": "https://readthedocs.org/projects/project/",
-            "version": "https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/project/version/v1.0/"
+            "version": "https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/project/version/v1.0/edit/"
         },
         "project": "project",
         "state": {
diff --git a/readthedocs/projects/urls/private.py b/readthedocs/projects/urls/private.py
index 35a1b32cf55..deee3e399e4 100644
--- a/readthedocs/projects/urls/private.py
+++ b/readthedocs/projects/urls/private.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Project URLs for authenticated users."""
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
     ProjectUsersCreateList,
     ProjectUsersDelete,
     ProjectVersionDeleteHTML,
+    ProjectVersionCreate,
     ProjectVersionDetail,
     RegexAutomationRuleCreate,
     RegexAutomationRuleUpdate,
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@
         name='project_version_delete_html',
     ),
     url(
-        r'^(?P<project_slug>[-\w]+)/version/(?P<version_slug>[^/]+)/$',
+        r'^(?P<project_slug>[-\w]+)/version/(?P<version_slug>[^/]+)/edit/$',
         ProjectVersionDetail.as_view(),
         name='project_version_detail',
     ),
@@ -145,6 +147,18 @@
     ),
 ]
 
+# TODO move this up to the list above when it's not a conditional URL.
+# Currently, this is only used by the new theme, we don't allow for "create" in
+# our current templates.
+if settings.RTD_EXT_THEME_ENABLED:
+    urlpatterns.append(
+        url(
+            r'^(?P<project_slug>[-\w]+)/version/create/$',
+            ProjectVersionCreate.as_view(),
+            name='project_version_create',
+        ),
+    )
+
 domain_urls = [
     url(
         r'^(?P<project_slug>[-\w]+)/domains/$',
diff --git a/readthedocs/projects/views/private.py b/readthedocs/projects/views/private.py
index 94c65c4a369..3eb04e0d827 100644
--- a/readthedocs/projects/views/private.py
+++ b/readthedocs/projects/views/private.py
@@ -191,9 +191,7 @@ def get_success_url(self):
         )
 
 
-class ProjectVersionDetail(ProjectVersionMixin, UpdateView):
-
-    template_name = 'projects/project_version_detail.html'
+class ProjectVersionEditMixin(ProjectVersionMixin):
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         return Version.internal.public(
@@ -221,6 +219,16 @@ def form_valid(self, form):
         return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())
 
 
+class ProjectVersionCreate(ProjectVersionEditMixin, CreateView):
+
+    template_name = 'projects/project_version_detail.html'
+
+
+class ProjectVersionDetail(ProjectVersionEditMixin, UpdateView):
+
+    template_name = 'projects/project_version_detail.html'
+
+
 class ProjectVersionDeleteHTML(ProjectVersionMixin, GenericModelView):
 
     http_method_names = ['post']
diff --git a/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_views.py b/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_views.py
index ed60e2fd31b..6085c2a5b51 100644
--- a/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_views.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def test_version_delete_html(self):
         self.assertRedirectToLogin(response)
 
     def test_version_detail(self):
-        response = self.client.get('/dashboard/pip/version/0.8.1/')
+        response = self.client.get('/dashboard/pip/version/0.8.1/edit/')
         self.assertRedirectToLogin(response)
 
     def test_project_delete(self):